Shooting injures one person at Grand Junction apartment

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Law enforcement officers arrested Gary Davis, 25, of Grand Junction after an apparent shooting Monday night at the Prospector Point Apartments at 547 Highway 50. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m.

The Grand Junction Police Department says when officers arrived at the scene, they located an adult male who suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and an injury to his head. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

After the shooting, Davis fled the scene in a red Kia Soul, but officers were able to find him an hour later in downtown Grand Junction. He was checked out for a head injury.

Davis' Kia was found downtown a short while after the shooting.(David Jones)

Police say that through the investigation they determined that the suspect and victim had been in an altercation that resulted from a personal confrontation. The incident is isolated and there is no public safety threat to the community.

Davis is facing the following charges:

- Assault in the first degree / with injury

- Felony menacing

- Illegal discharge of a firearm

- Reckless endangerment